@davidlobsterpot601: "SWMBO has a Samsung Galaxy S2 - subject says it all.  The  only way to 
charge it is by plugging the damned thing into a computer; we have a 
plethora of USB-type mains chargers around the house, but it won't 
recognise any of them. Even the posh one which was supplied with our 
iPad (that device being another fussy bugger, owing to the amount of 
current it draws apparently.
This is particularly irritating at the moment, as we are about to go an 
holiday and are faced with the option of leaving the handset behind or 
packing a laptop just to use as a glorified charger!
Is the Samsung faulty, or can anything be done?
David"
    @davidlobsterpot601: "<quote>
Not even sure it came with one whgen new TBH. Could be wrong of course
No clue which of the numerous USB cables around the house was the 
Samsung one; but given that all the others don't work (with this device 
only) is there really likely to be anything special about the original one?
As I mentioned, we've probably got 3 or 4 of those already, as well as 
the iPad one - no dice with any of them.
You're saying that the iPad-charging one which we have *isn't* standard; 
if so how am I to know whether the others are?  Incidentally my own 
iPhone (and every other device in the house) charges fine using the iPad 
charger; and my iPhone is a very fussy bugger when it comes to chargers 
- eg I've yet to find any auxillary battery etc that it wil accept, and 
it kicks off with many 3rd-party speaker systems etc.
David"
    @me: "On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:18:30 +0100, Lobster
<quote>
If their's one thing we all can be sure about, it's not being sure
about something.
Graham.
%Profound_observation%"
    @nothanks: "Lobster brought next idea :
<quote>
My Samsung Galaxy Note will only charge (so far as my limited testing 
goes) with the mains charger supplied by Samsung with the device, or 
from a PC's USB port."
    @rmosseccardt: "<quote>
I had a Samsung Windows Phone which wouldn't charge from some USB ports 
(and even chargers) as it needed too much current.  So it may be that 
you might be able to find a high-current USB charger that will work.
Certainly, see if you've got one in your collection that is rated higher 
than the rest.
I have four in front of me now.  One (for a bluetooth headset) is 0.18A, 
  the one that came with the Samsung phone is 0.7A, one that I bought 
that has changeable (3 and 2 pin) faces is 1.0A and, finally, the one 
that came with my Nokia Lumia is 1.3A"
    @mUNDERSCOREnews: "<quote>
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace II.  One of my USB port car chargers will 
not charge the phone if the battery goes flat. I bought a 2nd charger 
which does work in this situation.
I once had problems charging the phone using a USB charger for a 
Panasonic camera. The battery was very flat. Fortunately it charged when 
I tried the next day.  My phone clearly has an issue with some chargers 
when the battery is really flat. I don't think the cable makes much 
difference.
Michael Chare"
    @philnews: "On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:30:56 +0100
<quote>
Oddly enough, my work phone is an S2 - and it is fussy! It will charge
from either of my two Samsung mains chargers, or from my work laptop,
but not from my desktop computers, while my Galaxy Nexus charges fine
from all of them - in fact, it's charging the Nexus in the car that's
the biggest pain at the moment.
I am glad I am not the only person with a fussy S2.
Phil Reynolds
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    @noemail: "On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:30:23 +0100, just as I was about to take a
herb, Jono <email_address> disturbed my reverie and
wrote:
<quote>
All my USB-charging devices will charge from any charge I have. No
make specificity.
Cheers,
DrT
** Stress - the condition brought about by having to 
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights 
** out of someone who richly deserves it."
    @a: "<quote>
That's odd. My Note will happily take electrickery from wherever it's 
offered. ipod charger, ipad charger, samsung charger, usb hubs, New 
Trent battery packs, my belkin usb charger and the ones that came the 
missus' Huawei phone, all of the cigarette lighter to usb adapters that 
are in our cars along with the usbs on the Parrot bluetooth bit and Pure 
in-car DAB kits.
My Note is a slut!
Gyp"
    @i: "On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:30:23 +0100, Jono <email_address>
wrote:
<quote>
Does it display an "X" in status area?  If it's like my galaxy tab
then it does charge[1] from the PC albeit much more slowly.
[1] Except when the battery is flat when only the mains charger works.
To the OP: Sorry I can't help.  All the Samsung phones I have tried
(not the S2 though) charge from pretty much anything that fits.
(\__/)  M.
(='.'=) If a man stands in a forest and no woman is around
(")_(") is he still wrong?"
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